‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ is a sequel that actually improves on its predecessor. However, the last movie was pretty bad despite the billion dollars it made at the box office suggesting otherwise. So, the improvement means ...
The best Blu-rays are free Blu-rays. Last week, we promised to give one of our readers a copy of Guilermo del Toro’s Gothic spook-show ‘Crimson Peak’. Let’s find out who won, shall we?
We’re still tabulating the results of last week’s ‘Spectre’ contest. In the meantime, let’s get another one rolling. We’ve dug up a spare Blu-ray copy of Guillermo del Toro’s Gothic horror romance ‘Crimson Peak‘, so we thought we’...
The most admirable element of Guillermo del Toro’s latest flight of fancy might not be the luscious visuals that seem to ooze off the screen, but the sincerity. ‘Crimson Peak’ is a full-on Gothic romance equally in love with both ...
Hollywood is one of the easiest cultures to satirize, which is why it seemed so interesting that David Cronenberg of all people would want to take a crack at it. Surely he’d have some sort of twisted, horrific and psychosexual tak...
David Cronenberg is a filmmaker with predictably singular cinematic fetishes and obsessions. Yet beyond those ticks that mark his unique directing style, his interests have been hard to pin down over his last few movies. Seemingly...
Richard Ayoade’s ‘The Double’ is based on a classic Fyodor Dostoevsky novel about existential angst and suicidal tendencies, but it’s also a hilariously quirky comedy. That combination shouldn’t be possible, or at least should lea...
Jim Jarmusch emerged as a filmmaker with a unique style from his first feature, and one of the most interesting aspects of following his career has been watching the director bend genres to his will. Jarmusch’s latest, ‘Only Lover...
Since I saw his film ‘Oldboy‘ in 2003, Park Chan-wook has been one of my favorite directors. I was in complete awe of that movie and immediately needed to find out what else he had done. Upon some research, I ended up buying ‘Symp...
Was there any doubt that Korean director Park Chan-wook would create a stunningly attractive yet creepy movie for his first English language picture? No. Was I expecting as much of a Hitchcock homage that I got? Most certainly not...
As the post title makes clear, this week’s trailers feature two retreads and one fresh idea – the latter of which marks Chan-wook Park’s American debut. Interestingly, they all look good.
What happens when a maskless Bane takes over the Prohibition Era and starts selling his own bootleg alcohol? ‘Lawless’-ness.
